Archive of entries posted on August 2016

Modules in the Olden Days Back in PowerShell 1.0 days, there were no modules. Uphill both ways. In 1.0, we only had script files. That means you had a couple of choices when it came to deploying functions. Either you put a bunch of functions in a .ps1 file and dot-sourced it, or you used …

It’s been a while since I last spoke about VisioBot3000. I’ve got the project to a reasonably stable point…not quite feature complete but I don’t see a lot of big changes. One of the things I found even as I wrote sample diagram scripts was that quite a bit of the script was taken up …

Thought I’d take a minute and review the progress on my goals for the year. 100 posts. I’m at 32 (33 if you count this) so it’s going to take some dedication to make it. It’s already 10 more than last year, so that’s progress, but with 19 weeks left and 68 posts left, I’m …

I mentioned in a previous post that I’ve recently changed my mind a bit about the Position parameter attribute. I guess technically it is the position parameter of the Parameter parameter attribute (i.e. there’s a parameter attribute called “Parameter” and it has a parameter called position). I don’t think you could come up with something …

My main home computer is running Windows 10 and Hyper-V, and I was really looking forward to the anniversary update. PowerShell Direct, nested virtualization, and containers all sound awesome. I’ve played with them in a test box, but not on my main box. So…I got home after work the day of the update, installed it …

It’s been a while since I last sent an update on Missouri user groups. I missed the June meetings in St. Louis (Michael Greene talking about the release pipeline) and in Columbia (Josh Rickard talking about his anti-phishing toolkit). In July, Mike Lombardi shared about setting up a private PowerShell Gallery at the STLPSUG meeting. At the …

The Importance of Learning What You Already Know A couple of months ago I went to a PowerShell user group meeting on a subject that I already knew really well. Since it involved a 3-hour drive (one-way) I almost decided not to go. I had a great time, though, and I thought I’d share some …